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issue currency, should be free fro?
!>oi!ti?al pressure. Countries lackin
steh a bank should establish one, 1
jWdBSBMl association for co-eperatio
' smong the central bank", even outaid
Of Europe, should co-ordinate their pol
? ?? without hampering their freedom.
0 early meeting of'representative
of the central hanks is suggested i
, order to cnrrv out thic recommends
? ?ion It is ?.ir?.! able, it is understood th
?uh-commission rcoomniei..!.?<, that al
. European currencies be based upon
-ommon standard, agreeing at presen
to adopt gold as the only commo
standar.!. An international monet?r
. convention ai minx at control of th
power of ?gold, which otherwise migh
result from simultaneous competitiv
; efforts of a number of countries to ;'
cure metallic reserve-;, also is suk
g'stcd.
Proposals Offered to Bank??
The following proposais aie ?i.g
nested for submission for the c
?tion of the ( -oposed meeting of rep
r?es?ntatWei of centra! banks:
The government* declare the rest??!?!
lion of an effect ve gold standard i
their ultimate objt el ?Each governmer
in order t?> ga,n effective control of it
?urrency must moot its annual expendi
?ure without resorting to th? creatio
of paper money or bank credits. A
soon as economic circumstances permi
the governments must determine an
'ix tho gold value of {hen respecth
monetary units, which must hi? mad
effective in the free market Cover:
ments must issue additional pape
. money only against equal additions '
their reserves of approved assets a
' gold centers. The monetary conventio
. - would be based on a cold exchang
standard. Each country would be re
??possible to the convention for main
aining the international value of it
currency at par. but would be left or
tireiy free to devise and apply n;eur.
for doing this, whether through reg?
ation of credit by the central bank
or otherwise.
1 tip Russians have presented co'i
crete financial proposals, in wl
?ay they are in perfect accord with tii
filies over the urgent necessity ?
establishing a monetary bas:
countries, putting an end to ""feudal
ism." which they declare ?a reignin?,
especial,';.- in the matter of exchanges
Budget Progress Approved
The Russians also agree to th-' r.t
cessily for each country to balance? it
??-Ail bud,?-?!, curtailing paper currcne
HTid -educing expenses, especially thos
'or armaments, which, they declare i
- bome countries are the chief cause <
?iefic its.
The Soviet delegates in their pr??
posais urge an Anglo-American aocor
in order to establish a permanent pui
chasing power for their currenc;
which the Russians declare should b<
come the basis for other Europe."
currencies- They insist upon thy n.
e'ps'-.ity of granting credits or loans c
p-old to s.tate.s whose financia! cend
? :1011s aro bad. Tiny give as an exair
pie the American Federal Reserv
banks, which they say might put pal
of their gold reserve n' the disposal c
centra] banks of countries needing i
doing this by lending gold or by oper
ii r special cred I
, Lloyd George, in discus ing the sil
Ht on with The Asscociated Pr?s
correspondent, said capitalism, whic
? been expected to bo the chit
''??nj- block in effecting an agret
ment with the? Russians, had bee
ccRrcely touched >?t all, and that ai
parently this would be greatly ove
shadowed b; financial problems.
l.lo\d Ceorge Styled "Manager''
The hub of the economic conf?rent
these <if:>-s i? by general consent tl
Villa d'Albertis, where Prime Minist.
Lloyd George is living during his st;
here, arid the ?oral press, in recogni
ing thi yled th? British Premie
?'??? "manager of the conference."
Lloyd Georg carrying out the
the idea of holding private discussio;
? ithout minuto?, being taken of tl
proceedings, wifctfuit the issuance
communiques to VSe press and v.-itho
'he intervention >f any one exec
th?:se directly concerned in the discu
-on. His object, he has said himse
-?*'? pi event 11 i crj . al izat ion of t
co Run ? n d ? (Terences."
Tii?.- British Premier's idea seci
to be working oui well in some ?
spce>ts at least, as the conferees a
meeting tin re rather as individu;
than :,.-: delegates of their r pecti
nations, and are thus abb: to spe
more freelj than they otherwise cou
Tty?; Russian delegation to the co
ference ; .1 day recei?, ad a number
able messages of congrat ill tiona a
...-i wishes front their ?jympathizi
in Am? rica.
Russia Ready to Disarm.
Trotzhy Tells His Ant,
Exhorts Every Soldier /<? Stai
by Post. Ifovct ver, f ntil ti
Bourgeoisie Meet Propos
HOS( 'A-, . April 15 <By The As
-:. 1 ' ?I Press ? ?Leon Trc t . ? .
K-'iv?-?'. ~\\*?r Minister, in an erilr-i
trie army ???tid navy is ued la '. 1 ?|
quoting Foreign Minister Tchitcheri
disarmament proposals .?it Genoa ;
?',? : efu! a] of Vice-Pi emiei Barth
k of France, to ??rrmit their conside
m tion, declares that Ru prepa
W to disarm and ?ncerelj desires ne;
The Wai Mini ter express?..- :;??- h?
? that the nations and peoples of Kur.
will compel the bourgeoisie to lis
attentively 10 Russia's proposals. Met
while, however, ?-very Soviel sold
r stand at hU post fully ; eadj
any eventualities, he ...
The Xchitch? r - H ? Uiou
Genoa is hailed by the "Izve tia" a
the "Pravda" as a victory for Russ
ever though the Soviet proposa] ?.
blocked. The "Pravda" considers it
answer to the American objections
a: :-tmc Europe on the ground t
Europeas ? was being wasted
armies, and that i: simultaneously
'?eais the tea! position of France. '1
"-!.-? r?: ;." in its comment declares:
"If America leas really credited
legend regarding Soviet militarism t
supe). ; ; ? n . i. ? fa ' '? to pieces n
2.--d together with il will disappear a
the obstacle to the re-establishment
peaceful economic relations betwi
the two great republics."
The newspapers, which have just
re-.ved the details of the first proce
?;;gs of the Genoa conference, ech
-. to-day the criticisms of orii-ia! cir<
o\ei the delays in transmitting
report*, charging that the "bourgt
telegraph' agencies" were conspiring
.-mother the Tchiteherin proposals.
Siberian Railroad He!c
f Ual to I . S* and ?apt
4/nbafisndor Hayasfii Declai
f?eopetiin? of Line to Trn)
of the B arid Is Es??ni
GENOA, April 15 (By The Assc
?ted Press).- The United States ?
Japan know full well the necessity
?opening the Trans-Siberian Rr.ilr.
?T to world trafhV, declared Ambassai
j Hayashi, head of the'Japanese dei<
{ tion to the economic conference, to-<
in an interview with tbe correspond??
"While wc may not detirntely set
this vital matter at the Genoa conf
- nee,'' be added, "it stands '01 th as <
; of the practical issues of special c?
?-err, to the American Republic and
Japanese ?Empire."
In view of Japan's prims! interest
a 'a-- Siberian section of Russia, p
of which Japan ??jow occupies w
'roops. 'he < oi ?<spandent asked A
hassador Hayashi, who ?a accredited
"" the ? ? ou?t of St. James's, to expli
iana?rs standpoint as related to 1
present conference.
"We v?xa fi-eaemU" b? rspiicd, "wl
r -?
! Lloyd George Models Genoa Program
On Strategy of Hughes at Washington
' Si?cia! ?'able to The Tribune
1 "1 './eight, 1922. Nt\0 York Tribune Inc.
GENOA, April lo. ?The British plan for reduction of European land
1 armaments is patterned directly after the Washington conference model.
i one of Lloyd George's intimates told The Tribune correspondent to-diiy.
This plan, which is playing a loading part in the negotiations here, was
. outlined by this spokesman in this way:
"The Washington conference produced a pnet which not only in?
cluded an agreement that the nations must consult each other before
taking any aggressive step, but also limited armaments. We want to
see the tiret provision adopted by thirty-three nations at Genoa as far
as Europe is concerned. The other part can come later.
"We are dead against military sanctions and guaranties. The
very idea of penalties is what we are trying to get away from. Sanc?
tions and guaranties lead to groups and counter groups. We stand by
the first feature of the Washington pact, which is a jolly good agree?
ment. We want to establish peace in Europe for, say, fen years. All
nations are asked to support this scheme, and we believe they will
agree. No nation wants to face isolation."
I_!-1_^_
! the experts meeting in London drew up
; tiie now famous Russian report, and
we have' an economic interest in all
of Russia, but we aro especially con?
cerned with the Far Lastern aspect?
of the Russian question. We Japa?
nese wish to see Siberia opened to the
. trade of Japan and Chin? and the
j whole world."
In referring tu the report that the
j Soviet delegates would present counter
monetary claims against the Allies a*
| a result of military interventions
? which were either supported or led by
:ii,- Allies. Ambassador Hay ash i eni
? pbasized that such interventions were
due to Russia's defection in the great
! war. The logical sequence of this
''? Russian defection, he said, was Amer
' ?can and Japanese intervention t^o per?
mit the proper evacuation of the
Czecho-Slbvak army, which was trying
to reach the Asiatic coasl for repatria
: tion.
'Any such claim.- by the Soviet gov?
ernment," lie said, "are certainly
counterbalanced by the great e^cpense
to which Japan and America were put.
! may also point out that both Japan
n I America spent large sums in the
upkeep of the trans-Siberian and Fast
em Siberian roads during the Russian
? prostration."
-
\Mo8C0Jw Soviet Council
i Spurns Allied Proposal
? experts' Demands Seek to Place
Russia on Level of Colo?
nies. Declares the Resolution
RIGA, Apr;! 1."- i By The Associated
Press). The Executive Council of the ?
.Moscow Soviet declares in a resolution j
that the terms of the Allied experts. I
presented at Genoa, are an unpermis- ?
sible attempt on the liberty, independ?
ence and sovereignty of the Russian
people, and demand a decisive refusal
by the Russian government.
The experts' demands "are unheard j
of privileges which the Russians them- ?
! selves do r.o3: have," says the r?solu- j
', tion. "They are trying to pul Russt;* i
' on the level of colonies, where foreign- ;
ers are masters."
Lloyd George Expected
To Pass Easier in Home
Special Sable to The Tribuns
1 ' opyrlght, 13>C". New York Tribune Inc. ;
GENOA, April 15.- When it became ,
' known to-day that .Mrs. Lloyd George
' and her daughter had gone to Florence ,
> to spend the week-end, a rumor was |
circulated that ihe British Premier1
Tiliirmcd to pass Faster in Rome and '?
would call on Pope l'ius and King Vic- l
ior EmmanuaL
Lord Bh-kenhead, British Lord High |
: Chancellor, is here ostensibly on a ,
vacation, but. next week he intends to
sit m place of the Marquis of Curzon, |
I British Foreign Minister, at some of j
the commission meetings.
Trade Unions lo Seek
Admission to Councili
_i
British Leader Deputed .!> Pre-'
seul Plea of ?Federation
to Lloyd George
.???ni,u! Cable to /i.? ?'ribw e
? :? righl IS?S, Ni -- roru Tribune : ic
GENOA, April 15.?Representatives |
I of the International (Amsterdam) i
Federation of Trade Unions meeting:
here to-day decided to ask the per-,
ion of the international economic!
conference to send an obsei-ver to the I
?et-sions of the conference's economic!
corara ssion. Tbe federation also will
request that this delegate be allowed i
to make suggestions tu the commission
on some of the subjects considered,
particularly unemployment.
Ben Tillett. a British laborite, was .
delegated to call on Premier Lloyd
I George and present this request. At j
the federation meeting to-day Tillett
deplored the absence of representatives
of the American Federation of Labor,
and continued:
"The isolation of the American na-'
' tion generally from Europe is one of
the greatest tragedies of modern po?
litical life. My old colleague. Sail tel
G.ompers, well appreciates this point,j
and this attitude 1 regard as reflecting
the. general attitude of the American
people and government. The Ameri- ,
can Federation of Labor should return
to co-operat ion with the European
labor movement. Compels believes that,
we are too radical. L?nine thinks us
too conservative. We believe that the
truth is somewhere between Gompers
and L?nine."
Saar Valley Germans '
Protest to Conference
Assert That Territory Is Ruled
by an "Implacable French
Autocracy"
GENOA, April Ii> (By The Associated!
Press).?The Saar Valley deputation to- <
day presented to the Economic Confer?
ence and to Archbishop Signori of:
Genoa for transmission to Pope Pius !
its statement co:icerning the situation
of TOO,000 Germans in the Saar Valley
der French occupation.
According to the statement, the
Treaty of "Versailles provided that the
Saar Valley should be administered by
the League of Nations, that laws should '
be enforced ?.n the German language
and that no military occupation should
be allowed. Instead, the commission
t-ays. the Saar is under the regime of ;
"implacable French autocracy" and is '
occupied by 8,000 French soldiers, while
French officials accomplish their work
of Denationalization in order to pre- ,
pare for the plebiscite fifteen years
after the signing of the Versailes
Treaty.
The statement asks for intervention
by the Pope concerning religious ques?
tion/?, and says 70 per cer.t of the in?
habitants of the Saar are Catholics.
Dr. Joseph Wirth, the German Chan?
cellor and head of the German delega?
tion at the Genoa conference, yester- ,
lay stated that he would not support in ! i
H?y way the Saar Valley commission's :
protest, I :
Russian Issue
Is Less Tense
After Parlev.
?Cn 111irtied from prxi* on?-)
m i ers Lloyd George and Facta, Louis
'. Barthou. chief of the Paris ?i:roup; For
i eign Minister Schanzer, of Italy; Pre?
mier Theunis, of B?li*ium, and three
Bolsheviki- Tchitcherin, Maxim Lit
vinoff and Leonid Krassin.
The situation to-night was easier
than after the morning session. At
noon the B rit ta h Premier said to the
Tribune correspondent :
"We made material progress. We
'arc getting a brida,?' across the stream
and have put in some piles, but we are
now in the deepest part of the stream,
where the current is strong and the
bottom is muddy. We are still ham?
mering away."
The chances that a settlement with
I Russia will be reached must be con
I sidered excellent. Both sides are ex
j tremely anxious for success, because
! they both recognize that Russia wants
i to deal with the rest of the world and
: that the rest of the world wants to
? dci'l with Russia.
Tchitcherin, leader of 'he Moscow
delegation, Is proving to be stubborn.
As every point of the recommendations
drawn up by the Allied financial ex?
perts is taken up in the closed con?
ference some difficulty arises that for
the moment seems beyond hope of
compromise. Bui after considerable
discussion a way toward a bargain is
seen and the negotiations proceed.
This ?3 the story of the two days of
discussion that hav-e frone on behind
closed doors at Lloyd George's villa.
The Germans are n little worried be?
cause they are not included in the con?
ferences and feel that this may pre?
clude the close future relationship
with Moscow to which they? have been
looking forward, but it is learned that
Lloyd George lias no intention of keep?
ing the Germans out, permanently.
In fact, he wants, them in just as soon
as fundamental differences between the
Allies and the Russians have been ad?
juster!.
The next session of the political
.sub-commission at which Russia's
counter to the London program is to
be announced again hap been post?
poned and its date is most indefinite.
All depends on whal conclusions can
be reached behind the scenes. The
Allies are particularly anxious to avoid
any impasse, in open session that might
develop if the Russian stand were
made public now. There is every like?
lihood that the negotiations in camera
will be carried over into the middle of
next, week.
Nothing; in the nature of an ulti?
matum has been delivered by the Al?
lies to Russia, although a scare report!
of that nature was can-ied yesterday!
by the German press and widely copied.]
The Bolsheviki are playi^- their trame j
hard bet h inside and outside of the !
conference, but so far the Allies have .
had no serious cause for complaint :
against their tactics.
The Russians know- pretty well what
they want. The rest of Europe has i
about as many policies as there are na- ?
*?"? :. The Russians will have to maire!
further compromises and undoubtedly!
will, despite the fact that this mean's !
further modification of their nationall
economic program. The rest of .
Europe also will have to do some com- ;
promising, and this inevitably involves i
a sort of recognition of the Bolsheviki.
The procedure by which the proposals
under discussion were drafted ir. Lon- j
don ami came befcre the conference
here, without, official sanction from
anybody, has proved highly satisfac?
tory. It would have betn the easiest
thing in the w.rld for the Allied states- '.
men to have laid down a set ?f pro- '.
posais and told the Russians to accept
or reject them, but they didn't do
anything of the kind. The Russians I
will go far if well treated, and. realiz?
ing this, the Allies have not tried for
a moment to be dogmatic or dictatorial. !
They put up the London proposals asj
a basis of discussion and have given in
on a number of the points raised !
therein.
The British statesmen here say that !
Lloyd George will achieve the agree- \
ment he has gone after and that he !
will return to London with a basis of ?
peace in Europe that will be indorsed :
by the great majority of the British
people. Barthou and Premier Poincare i
ci France may have a harder battle at !
homo to justify the position they are
taking, hut no one here doubts that j
France will approve in general the re- ;
construction efforts they are making.
Tchitcherin is being compelled to aban- ;
don a lot of the Russian pet theories i
of government, but his Triumph seems |
issured f.t home.
There have been some minor commit
tee meetings, but all the interest j
centers in the closed gathering at
Lloyd Geoige's villa. In fact, many of !
the neutral delegates already have de?
parted for week-end holidays in Rome
and other Italian cities.
-.
Senate Demands News
Of Oil Negotiations
-
Resolution Calls on Denby and
Fail for Information on
Wyoming Reserve Lease
WASHINGTON, April 15.?The Sen-:
ate to-day adopted the Kendrick reso?
lution calling upon Secj-etarics Denby
and Fall to advise the Senate whether
negotiations were in progress for leas- I
ing naval petroleum reserve No. 3, at
Teapot Dome, Wyoming, and whether,
such negotiations as "currently report-;
ed" were conducted without submission i
of the leasing proposition 'to compet?- '.
tive bidding. There was no debate.
Preambles to the resolution stated
that it was reported the reserve had !
been leased to the Sinclair oil inter- ?
esta without following the usual pro-;
redare of asking public hid?. The prop?
erty includes about 6,000 acres and is
regarded as one of the richest oil re
serves in the United States.
Senat-or Kendrick, sponsor of the res
olution, put ,inte record sevcrcl tele?
grams received from citizens of V.'yo- :
ming protesting against the reported
action of Secretaires Fall and Denby,
who by virtue of their Cabinet port?
folios, control the reserve.
Europe's Hope
Lies in U. S. Aid,
Cassel's View
Swedish Economist Says Ab?
sence of This Country
From Conference Is Felt
in Every Step at Genoa
Reparations Chief Issue
Question of Payments Must
Be Regarded as World
P r o h I e m . He Asserts
By Joseph Shaplen
Special Cable to The Tribune
' opyriirht, 1922, N, w York Tribun, In,
GENOA, April 10. America's ab?
sence at the conference is being felt
painfully at every step, Professor Gus?
tav Cassel, Hi?? world famous Swedish
'economist und member of the conimit
tee of experts on the economic com
i mittee, told tin- Tribune correspondent
1 to-day. ??
"In fact," ho s?id, "I see no possi?
bility of a tangible advance in the di?
rection of economic readjustment in
Europe either here or ill the future
unless America takes a direct hand in
, this work. America's absence at this
j conference is felt virtually in (?very
'move and every projeel that has been
j before the economic committee. Were
?America present at Genoa its great
moral force could be used in bringing
| together the manifold divergent inter?
ests of Ihe nations assembled here and
? help us to reach a common agreement.
"I have one problem particularly in
view the disarmament problem in gen?
eral and the problem of th" armies of
occupation in particular. ?Europe can
nut continue under the burden involved
in maintaining military occupation of
| certain European territories as pro?
vided by the Versailles Treaty. The
I financial expenditure involved in this
: thing alone is too great a strain on
: Europe's economic resource.-.
Politics Dominate Discussion
''The disarmament of Europe must
| be begun by removing this obstacle
: first. It is an obstacle which weighs
heavily not only on the German people,
who are struggling desperately to stem
the tide of financial ruin, bul indi?
rectly the Kreuch people, too, as well
as nil the peoples of Europe.
"if the tremendous cost of. maintain?
ing the armies of occupation as well
; as all the military establishments of
? Europe were cut down or entirely
?eliminated, the financial anil economic
'relief obtained thereby would be re
: fleeted immediately in the adjustment
: of all the nations' budgets and in the
I international exchange.
"While I am inclined to believe
| that Americans look at the many
! problems of Europe from a superficial
?viewpoint, America is on the sight
? road in demanding disarmament as the
i first prerequisite of economic recon
j struetion. That is why the neutrals
? among others are eager to see America
| return to an active participation, in the
j tremendous task in which this con
I ference is engaged.
"Until America does come in the
? European nations will not got down to
a r"n? businesslike basis of discussion
of their common problems. Polities'1
j will continue to dominate this dis
| cussion."
Dubious About Russia
Cassel was of the opinion that no
real progress toward the stabilization
! of the currency and the exchange was
i possible until the whole question of
! German reparations and the interna?
tional debts of all the nations was
taken up for discussion as one single
world problem.
"Tne reparations owed by Germany
as well as the debts of all the nations."
he said, "must be reduced to some
figure that does not belong to the
realm of the fantastic. This figure
must bo such as to make the people
everywhere believe that it can be paid.
International trndo and production
cannot be stimulated until this is done.
All peoples must, be ?riven a goal which
f.hey feel they can really achieve in
place of the commercial tasks they now
face. All artificial attempts to stabilize
currency, exchange and credits is
bound to fail until the question of in?
ternational indebtedness is put on
seine sort of rea! practical basis."
On the question of Russia, Cassel ap?
peared to be pessimistic, saying:
"Whatever this conference will decide
the Russian ouest ion must bear the
nature of a mer?' experiment."'
Landlady Gels $20,000
From Estate of Roomer
Reward for Care and Attention
Iipheld Despite Pr?tesis of
Wieman Heirs
Under a decision by Surrogate Co
halan, Mrs, Clara pellehener, of 110
East Thirty-first Street, will receive
$20,000 in Liberty bonds from the es?
tate of Frederick Wiemaif, a coffee '
merchant, who lived in her rooming
house. Mr. Wieman, a bachelor, died '
in January, VJ19. leaving an estate '
of $500,000. ;
Heirs of Mr. Wieman objected to
the payment to Mrs. Pellehener. She !
alleged the testator had placed the '
Liberty bonds for her in the care of I
George F, Wieman. a nephew, as trus?
tee, to be turned over to her upon the '
death of Mr. Wieman. This gift, said !
Mrs. Pellehener. was in recognition of '
the care and attention the coffee ''
merchant received while living in her
rooming house.
A referee, appointed by the court '
to determine whether Mrs. Pellehener '
was entitled to the bonds decided : '?
against her claim, but Surrogate Co- j ?
halan overruled the finding of the ?I
rcfercp.
_,_ j (
Harding Asks for Funds i
For World Commissions ?
_,_ j
Participation in Chinese and ?
Laws of War ?nijuirica
to Cos? 872.500 ?
WASHINGTON. April 15, The first ,
requests for money for American rep- ?
resentation on the international com- ;?
missions authorized by the arms con- j j
ference were sent to the Senate to- | c
day by President Harding. He asked I (
for 268,750 for American participa- j t
tion in the revision of Chinese tariffs ;
and jurisprudence, and 53,750 for an |
Asnerican delegate on the commission :
of jurists to consider amendments to J (
tile laws of war.
The request was accompanied by a i (
memorandum by Director Dawes, of ,- .
the budget, saying it was desired tp
secure Americans of highest standing ]
to serve on the commissions. For this j ]
reason he indorsed salaries amount- ?
ing to $12,000 a year for one delegate ,
to the special Chinese conference, -
57,500 for the principal delegate to
the general Chinese tariff conference, ?
$12,000 for the American commission- i
er on Chinea? courts, and $3,750 for
six month.? for a delegate on the war :
laws conference,
* I
The Lama Da nee He fore Prince of Wales
?M0&?t?J^i:.&?>^-, Jw.PTh.
;M%$m?; 1 '<?','>
These grotesque figure? entertained the llritixh heir on h is recent riait to Jammu. India
"Boulevard Dying" Before
business,
isians
irn
Famous Resorts Near the Madeleine Fade Away
as Banks and Commerce Kear Their Somber
Facades Where Night Life Once Reigned
PARIS, April 15 (By The Associated ,
Press).- Prosaic commerce, to the dis-j
??(.unfit.ire of the patrons ?of gayety, is
making inroads upon that, part of "Gay
Parce" between the Madeleine and the
Rue Drouot, known simply as "The
Boule\ a i'il."
"The boulevard is dying, the boule?
vard is ?lead," is the melancholic com- j
ment of old habitues upon hearing of
the disappearance of the Cafe Ameri?
can and the Cafe Neapolitan. Banks
will replace these world-famous "wet
goods" shops, which have been the
meeting places of famous men in the
world of art and literature.
Thirty years ago financial and busi?
ness houses were the exception on the
boulevard. Gay life commenced at
sundown. There was not a dark house
end rarely was anyone abroad in a
business suit; evening clothes were de*
riguer. Now somber facades of banks
and stores throw their shadows, over
the few remaining illuminated cafes,
and men in yellow shoes, soft collars
am! ijeakcd caps outnumber those in
formal garb.
The Cafe Tortoni, where Rochefoi-t
and De Maupassant and their friends
were wont to foregather, was the first
to disappear. The Cafe des Anglais,
Oscar Wilde's favorite haunt, went
next. Then the Cafe Riche was trans?
formed into a bank. A tailor occupies
the building that once was the Cafe
Vernon, and now the Zaharon inter?
ests have bought the Cafe Neapolitan.
An American bank will replace the
Cafe Am?ricain.
The Cafe de la Pais is the only one
left of the old taverns on the boule
vard, and is frowned upon by many
old-time Parisians. "There are too
many foreigners," they aver.
Paris fashion is busying herself with
handkerchiefs. The latest designs have
in the eorncis embroidered figures rcp
resenting the user's favorite sport,
such as golf, tennis, racing and fenc?
ing. The men are. being offered oblong
handkerchiefs with colored borders.
The milliners, who have generally
adopted flower trimmings, are repro?
ducing seasonable flowers of changing
varieties as the spring advances. They
are using hyacinths, wistaria, cowslips
and buttercups, heretofore rarely seen
on Paris hats.
Black and red, blue and gray and
yellow and white are the prevailing
color schemes for gowns, with hut,
?shoes, stockings, h und bags and even
headdress to match.
LONDON'. Ann! In (By The Associ?
ated Press).' Che English public, par?
ticularly that growing portion which
occasionally travels by air, experienced
B disagreeable tiirill when news came
Ihe other day of the fatal collision be?
tween the London and Paris air ex?
presses and much interest has been
aroused in efforts announced by the
Air .Ministry to avoid such accidents
in future.
This was one form of accident from
which if was believed air travel was
reasonably secure, as an expert mathe?
matician has figured that the chances
-;f such a collision are less than one
n a million. None the less, now that
the possibility has been shown, even
with illimitable space above, on both
?ides, and several hundred feet clear?
way beneath the traveling planes, pre?
ventive measures are being considered.
tt is believed a system of signal lamps,
augmented by wireless for use in fogs,
A'ill ultimately be evolved by the Min
stry in co-operation with the British
?nd French companies.
The British have not forgotten their
var veterans. Sixty-three thousand dis
ibled soldiers have been trained as
?killed laborers since the war, under
he government's industrial training
ilans, Minister of Labor Thomas Mc
Nnmara has informed the House of
'ommons.
Twenty-three thousand are in train
r.g and there is a waiting list of 20,000.
u'oney grants totalling ?'3.500,000 have
)een given to 112,000 ex-service men.
appointments have been found for
if?,000 officers, with 1-1,000 on the wait
ng list.
The number of British firms on
<ing George's toll of honor -those
??ho have pledged to give ex-service
il en preference in employment ex
:eeds 30,000, and they are employing
154,000 disabled men. Mr. MacNamnra
laid his own staff consisted of 21 pei
?ent of disabled soldierH. and thai
rovernment contracts would ;;o only tc
,hc firms on the King's honor roll.
BERLIN, April 15 (By The Associ?
ated Press). - Marriages of German
diplomats to wealth*/ foreign women
ire roundly condemned by the Junkei
>rgan, "Deutsche Zeitung," which says:
'Now, more than ever, the chase foi
richlv dowered brides is presenting ?r
resistible attraction for budding dip
! ;inats; but experience has showt
that such unions often lead to Hit
?ubservience of German husbands
who temporarily ave too prone to wor
?hip foreign way? find customs, U
the political interests nerved by theii
Jomineering Anglo-Saxon partners.
"Thus, husbands representing Ger
many ?brood cut deplorable figures
both during and after the war, al
though since the pomp of the Imperial
Court has departed, many diplomatic
husbands have been discovered with
democratic sympathies and leanings."
The writer asks how much this
change of mind is due to American
wives, who formerly, almost, without
exception, posed as ardent Monarch?
ists, but returned to the democratic
faith as soon as the glitter of Get
man court life vanished.
* * #
The flag of the German cruiser
Scharnhorst, w'nich was sunk in the
battle of Falkland, has reached the
Berlin Nava! Museum alter a romantic
journey. The captain of a Brazilian
coasting vessel found the body of a
German sailor on the southeastern
coast, of Brazil, lashed to a sea chest
containing the flag. A Cern?an resi?
dent, hearing of this, bought th?? flag
and offered it to the Navy Department
on condition that he be reimbursed
for his outlay. But funds were lack- ;
ing until recently, when a private col?
lection furnished the means to acquire
the flag, w'nich is on exhibition beside
the model of the cruiser Gneisenau,
sunk in the same battle, and other:
relics of Germany's naval past.
Weeks Orders Army
Post Commalulers
To Slash Expenses
Secretary Advises Personnel
Drastic Economies Are
Needed to Live Within
Appropriations for 1922
WASHINGTON, April 15. Orders di- !
recting all army department corps area
and commanding officers at posts, i
camps r.nd stations to "nut into effect
the most drastic regulations possible -
to effect economy," ?.?ere issued to-day ?
by Seere ta ry Weeks.
Tlie army personnel is advised that!
the appropriations which Congress
made fqr support of the army for the.
fiscal year 1922 wire "very much re-:
duced from the amounts that were es- |
timatcd, and the appropriations for the :
next fiscal year which Congress will
probably approve will be less."
The Secretary's economy order ap-j
plies not only to army supplies., and.
equipment, but also to the use of elec- ?
trie current, gas for cooking purposes'
xi\'l water.
'"The appropriations," the order says, |
'will require that utilities bo operated
linder close supervision and that intel- |
I ?Kent action be taken to sec that sup
plies of all descriptions are carefully
guarded in their issue and use. that
there may be no deficiency created or
shortage of supplies."
A general consolidation of detach?
ments is directed for heating and
nessing purposes in order to reduce
the number of buildings to bo heated
i.nd messes maintained. The order also
lirects the consolidation of post, ex?
changes and the establishment of cen?
tral heating plants "to sec that only
he minimum amount of coal is used to
?rovide for the actual comfort of those
iependent upon such plants for heat."
Inadequate appropriations threaten to
indo much of the work already accom
ilished in organizing the new National
Juard, Major George C, Rickards, chief!
if the militia bureau, said to-day in ,
eftifying before the Senate Appropria
:ion Committee upon the pending army
ippropriation bill. Inadequate finances,
le said, cannot but prove detrimental
o "the splendid spirit of progress now;
;o high in the National Guard."
Coder the national defense act, which
issigned 200 National Guardsmen to L
?ach Representative in Congress, the ?
ruar? should now comprise 238,950, the I
vitnesa said, as compared with an ac
ual aggregate of 148,000. He attributed
he deficiency entirely to "lack of nee- '
isgary funds."
General Richards estimated that be- !
ween 160,000 and 176,000 men might!
>e expected to apply for training dur
ng the coming summer, without taking i
tito account the officers camps. Unless
lie appropriation-? carried in the House
?ill wore in each instance increased,
ie said, the Federal government would ,
>o unable to "fulfill its lawful obliga- :
ions to tho National Guard." l?o
tailed attention to one provision, which
ie declared would make it obligatory j
ipon tho department to "break up ;
juard units already in existence."
Pan-American (longr^sa May
Take Dp Armament Limitation
SANTIAGO, Chile. April 15. Limita-i
ion of armament is among the subjects ?
m the proposed program of the Pan
kmerican Congress to be held in San-:
?ago next March. Foreign Minister!
forros .lar Pa declared to-day. OtHor^
objects likely io be included are inter
lational credits, passports and freedom ,
if transit for commercial travelers. i
The suggestion is made here that an i
xhfbition be organized of thp raw i
naterials of all the Latin-American
ountries.
Mrs. G?nther Says
Victor Taught lier
Son German Tongue
Plaintiff in $200,000 SuitEx
plains LegacyAFrom Chil
dren's Grandmother Aided
Kin Gain Control of Them
lMr?. Mabel G?nther, of 41 Main
Street, Orange, who is suing Carl Vie
tcr. of 007 Fi'th Avenue, and his wife
to recover ?200,000. alleging alienation
of the affections of her children.
Charlea, thirteen years old, and Henri
: i'tta, fifteen, said yesterday that the
Vietors.were enabled to get possession
i of the children by reason of a codocil
will of the children's grand
, mol her.
Mrs. Vietor is a sister of Mrs. Gun- ?
tiier's father-in-law. Mrs. Gunther's \
!..; band died in 1915, ana two years
Liter the children went to the home of j
; their great-aunt. Their grandmother, j
Mrs. G?nther said, by Ihe codicil to
: her will, directed that the money she
left her grandchildren, should be turned
? over to the Vietors instead of to Mrs.
G?nther, as had been provided in the
original document.
The Vietors told her. she said, that
she was "virtually a pauper' and
would have to earn her living. She |
took a course in a business school, I
she said, and got a job as a clerk. ]
About -i year ago she obtained the j
custody of the children temporarily by j
legal process, she said, but. they re- ?
turned to the Vietors, who not only i
| were custodians of their ?nconws.
had done their utmost to k
children's affection for then
Mr. Vietor, Mrs. G?nther . ...
Germanic in his tastes and ?.ad in?
fluenced her ion in the same direc?
tion.
"He used to write to my boy, Charles,,
in German," she said, "and taught him
to speak that language fluently. He]
did all he could to turn the boy against
me. When the boy was to be operated
upon for tonsilitis, the Vietors sent
him to a German hospital in Manhat?
tan, t was not even notified of the
operation until later, when a postcard
informed me my son was recovering.'',
The Vietors sailed or Germany yes?
terday on the Ordirna.
Allies Unable to Meet
Turk Anatolia Demand
Reply to Angora Noto Says
Greeks Won't Agree to im?
mediate Evacuation
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 15 i ?y I
The Associated Press'.- The A.';;?..;
High Commissioners to-day transmit?
ted to, Angora a note in reply to the
response which Yussef Kemal Bey.
Nationalist Foreign Minister, made to
the armistice proposals drawn up by i
the Allies in Paris. The note says I
that the Allies ?ire unable to agree to
iho immediate evacuation of Anatolia, ?
Suggested by the Nationalists. The ;
Greek government, it is pointed out. j
would refuse to consent to this before ;
the opening of pea**** negotiations, and, |
even if accepted, it would be impos?
sible for the Allies to prevent the .
transference of troops to Thrace for !
the purpose of renewing hostilities
there"
The Allies, however, the note adds,
are prepared to advance the date of
the evacuation so that it would begin
immediately upon Angora's acceptante ;
in full of the peace terms. The Allies ;
consider it unnecessary, as suggested
in the Angora government's note, to
alter the duration of the armistice, \
because it automatically is renewable
until the peace preliminaries are ac- '?
cepterf by both parties,
o
Teacher, Ousted on Girls"
Charges, to Take Appeal
"'Done (?real Injuslirr." Says
Asbury liijzh Instructor, Ac
cused o?* Caressing Pupils
ASBURY PARK. N. .L, April 15. V
A. Witson, mathematics teacher and
athletic coach at Asbury Park High
School, who was removed last niglu by
the Board of Education for "unbeeom- !
ing" conduct, announced to-day that he ?
was going to appeal from the decision
of the board.
"I have been done a great injustice,"
he said. "The evidence was trivial.
There was nothing developed to war- !
rant the verdict. The resolution passed
by the board pas in itself contradic- !
tory to the .charge. I shall appeal to ;
the highest court."
Mr. Witson, it was alleged by some!
of his girl pupils, liad caressed thenn
while giving them special instructions i
in mathematics. The Board of Kdu
cation held that he was hot guilty of
immoral conduct but of conduct un?
becoming ti teacher.
An appeal in his ease would be
taken first to the State Commissioner
of Education, then to the State Board
of Education and then to the civil
courts.
-,
Lever Quits Farm Board
WASHINGTON. April 15.- Asbury F. !
Lever announced his resignation from ;
tho Farm Loan Board, effective next j
week. Mr. Lever has been a member I
of the board since August, 1919, when I
bo resigned as a member of the House !
from South Carolina to accept the
membership, He will enter private
humilies?. i
British W a
Sent to Ireland
As Crisis \ears
Movement Regarded as pr
caution Apain-i r;as|*
Outbreaks; Loyal IVoon
Occupy Oubli,, BniMi
Bta
Va!<
Ch
alera Uieer? Adherents
?Says Erin i^ Their? for the
Taking; Rebel? Polw ?^
SI uro to fh-fv (:,.;??;,,
BELFAST, April Ii . ^
??'"' '?'" ? ' ? ? British wi
| have arrive-? ;: \.? ,.
Donegal, northwest of ;
it was learned this after
LONDON, April 15 By Th* a,,,..
ated Press).?The mov? ???-< ,.- ?
isfa warships into the - fan ??
' County Donpgal. Ireland, is inte?^^
; h"r(> as a Pre.-- .- ?sate h
: view of the tense ^tun-ion in Ir^iar.H
A number of pu-, .,,
business premises ?r -?r? f '
cup ed to-day by '? ,h Repvibtie?* ifi
j army troops on order?? ?>,?, y^ /|
State headquarters . Beentstlm
i Bush barrack--. ? ?- Centnl Ns?JB
: dispatch. . ' 1
The building- ? My( t-i., 4.,.
: patch, included the SI - Iban? Hotel'
iewelry store. -,- v/r.o-b?I] -^
: th3 BroadctoTt? ???way station j
: cobs* biscuit i**ail**y&ja\ Biahoo ?tren
and the postal mises ?? Ar)f^
; Street. in all ? . lowever, bs?.
ness wa r not ?interfered ?nth. Fall?
armed sent.-!?- -, were posted -
entrances. Some pr< ? tors said *,
occupation . ?r>. "
'ovntaZ
to-mor 3
Dp v ' " ter Addrw,
DUBLIN, Ajnril I By Fhe :,.
: ated Pre ?Sam ^aien ?-,
evening issued th ? Easter m??????
addressed to "Th t Repu - >f Ir?ianS
"Young men ai -. , j
Ireland, hob - : , .
with cries -j.' woe and lamer, v
would invol ,-.j, .,,'.
will soon ral.:-- '..? hir . -on a.-.d v-e *-,?
I you for a pla . guar?
"Beyond all tel ?estiw
God had in J .-j. .-.??
fair, the p< You arc sniS
cem of that d un is tin
faith that not ? the fail
that comforts cow reason as
thousands of mil : irs is th*
faith and love tl ; : the eiter
pi o '. 1916.
"Young men and tornen of Irsissi,
the goal is ar. last in sight ?Steat
together; ?forward. Ireland is jars
for the taking.''
Belief was ex; ? -omc . in?
ters in Dublin I arac
! the last sento", ?.'? e me- ap
would strengthen current rumor- f?
republic coup -,b I .
Rebels Still Ro'd Court*
The Republ:cu;i a it.? y insuigeni. fl
held the Four Courts to-day,^? ei
they si
????? i being made to dislodge them. Bu
. ?ui'ts did not pre.-..-.-,; the aspee, i?
place preparing for sie-ge, e-jecepftat
presence of armed men .-:? the ?winasln
Arthur Griffith':: attention was dim
to the menacing situation ir ;?
where the Republican insurgents "'ere
strengthening their position; ttJ
where he is booked to make an addrt&l
to-raorro'.v.
"I am going >to Sligo," w*a his only
comment.
The Broadstoi e ra Iway depot to
Dublin, the tel t the lire to
Sligo, is strongly held by Free State
troops.
It was reported from Sligo early to?
day that Bishop Coyne wa? trying??
effect a settlement between the ' '?
tiens and that there was a possible
of representatives of the opposing
sides getting into conference.
Rebels Pour Into Sligo
-LIGO, Ireland, April 15 (By Th" h+
soci ite ; Pi -?).?This picturi - II
town, where Griffith is ached
to . pc.V. to-morrow in favor ol I
Free- St ?? tre ty, was full 'if armed
nd reinforcements -"or
? : . - ? followers of D? Vale?
-ere ... from the eountrj
Nearly .-?: house in the city ??
occt p ed troops, and there xv .
whole ' nandeering. il I
It was . at the insurgent tfe-..,|j I
intend to i i civilians off? {
streets after ! o'clock to-morrow a.t-'r
noon. In vie?. the presence of M
manv an e n i, it is feared that fe?*
citizens , [1 iiear Griffith's address,
which it was suggested to-night mfftt
be delivered in the county jail, ne
sole important building now in posses?
sion of Free State tioops.
The route which Griffith 1?U take .n
con?.inR from Dublin is unknown to?
night." but it was the subject o? gen?
eral speculation.
Hunger Strike and Black
Flag as Blow at R^b
Porto Rican Editor Threatens
Radical Demonstration to
?mprei*? Harding
WASHINGTON. April 16--A *&*
gram of protest, resulting from 1****'
day's declaration at the White Hou?e
that the .-hi'V.!'.:: "'?' Governor ?
Mom Raily in Porto R c* iia^'e n^
undermined Presiden: lisi'ii:-?'^ <%" J
fidence in him, was made pub.ic to -
by Felis Cordova Davila, ?***???
resident commissioner. The ?""*./
came from Antonio Coil VldBl'Xme
the editors of tho San Juan u?
cratia," and was as follows: ,
"Associated Press dispatch says n?
ing emphatically re indorses Beuy
proclaims his integrity. l'lease
immediately true situation AraJ|n?t
pared to begin hunger strike ?** *
this tyranny, after enormous ??
strations black Bags throughout
island." .? s
Interpreting the r?f?ren?as w;
"hunger strike" and the "black -"C^
reflecting a popular state 01 m'-r
tion. Mr. Davila ?replied; , re.
-The President 16 givingfull.*M^t.
ful consideration to the situation. "
Remember Porto Rico's record oi
centuries for law and order.
? a??? ? -?r?
Transcontinental Roads' Rat*
Proposals Analyzed in Rep*?"
WASHINGTON. April 15.^f***g?
of transcontinental railroads to nj" ?
present freight schedule* in **?
Mountain and Pacihc toast tei^_
to meet water competition in tnt
t?--eoast f.nd coast-to-Gulf trade * ^
exhaustively analysed to-aay ??> ?
port made to the Interstate Con me ^
Commission by Examiner JT^-V;,.?.
recommended that the roads^ ?PP- .ft
tions be. rejected in part but gra?^
several particulars. The report, ii
cepted by the commiss-.on. wn s flf
final decisions fixing the new etaw
rates.